Loom for weaving wire-cloth.



' G. L. HOPE.

LOOM FOR WBAVING WIRE CLOTH.

APPLICATION FILED OOTA, 1909.

Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED OGTA, 1909.

Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

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LOOM FOB. WEAVING WIRE CLOTH.

APPLIOATIOH FILED OGTA, 1909.

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FOR WEAVING WIRE CLOTH.

LOOM

APPLICATION FILED OQ'LQ, 1909.

Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

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LOOK FOR WEAVING WIRE-CLOTH.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

To 0/! whom it may concern Be it known that l, Cannon L. Horn, a citizen of the United States, residing at York. county of York, and State of Pennsvlvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Looms for Weav ing lVire-(lothg and I do hereby declare the following to be a fulLwlear, and exact. description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to looms primarily intended for weaving wire cloth, the objects of the invention being to provide a means whereby a plurality of-narrow widths of cloth may be simultaneously woven in a single loomwith an expenditure of power and time no greater than heretofore consumed in weaving a single width.

A further object of the invention is to simplify the construction and arrangement of the parts whereby the operation of the machine is improved and the necessity for imparting a variable movement to the shuttle carriers is obviated.

The invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts. all as will be now described and pointed out particularly in the appended claims.

in the accompanying drawingsl igure 1 is a front elevation of a wire bloth weaving loom, with portions broken away, and omitted in order to illustrate the present inven tion more clearly. Fig. 2 is a section in a vertical planefrom front to rear through a portion of the machine. Fig. 3 is an elevation of one end of the lathe or lay frame with parts in section and broken away. Fig. 4.- is a detail perspective view of the shuttle carrier :atch controller. Fig. 5 is an elevation partly in section of the shuttle catch operating cams and parts associated therewith. Fig. (5 is a sectional plan of the central portion of the lathe frame showin the shuttle catches. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section through one of the shuttle carriers.

Similar letters of reference in the various figures indicate the same parts.

The present invention is illustrated in connwtion with a type of wire cloth weaving loom which is now in extensiv'euse and Well known. unnecessary to illustrate more than time For reason it is deemedadditional parts woulo.

parts of the loom which are directly associated with the mechanism forming the present invention, especially as illustration only tend to cont the drawings. v

In said drawings the reference letter A indicates the frame of an ordinary wire cloth weaving loom, the cloth beam being located the side of the machine facing the observer in Fig. 1, and at the left handside of the machine as illustrated in Fig. 2. B indicates the harness comprising the usual pedals and ope 'ating mechanism such as the levers B adapted to be depressed by cams (dotted lines, Fig. 3) on the shaft G. The lathe or swinging frame-is indicated'by the letter D and is adapted'to be swung or oscillated by the crank arms D mounted on a shaft D, said shaft D and the shaft- C being connected by 2 to 1 gearing D The reeds (not shown) are mounted in the transversely extending portion (Z of the lathe D and at the ends of said transversely extending portion Z slide ways or bearings d are provided for shuttle carriers or rods E. These shuttle carriers or rods are. recipro fated longitudinally by a central oscillator F connected with the outer ends of the carriers E by crank arms f and rods or links f, suitable springs f being in terposed in the connections, as is usual in this class of machine. The oscillator F is journaled on the lathe frames so as to swing therewith and its operating or oscillating mechanism comprises flexible connections F, rock shafts F (Fig. 1), flexible connections and links F and crank arms F, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 as projecting from the ends of the shaft C. The construction and operation of all these parts being well known no further description is needed.

In the ordinary operation of looms of this i s-tented Mar. 15%.,

Application filed October Q, 3.90%. Serial 210. 520,777.

character it is found that they can be open whereby two widthsof narrow cloth may be 7 voyen simultaneoi'isly each with its own double lvage e ge and Speed of op output of the i ecc inplish carriers i .5 ad of carryin doubled.

l the shuttle n are each 11d; itcd tor ainpi ts own individual shrill e, each snntll z i i ced through the shed by carrier and trans- .t'erred to a stat' i t the center the shuttle. icon shiftcl the carrier the shod piclts up cl; to the starting carrier 1 en the shuttle and ca cries point. The two c ore in unison in opposite il't-(jilOl relhtlicrcbyhal nderstood that in so for the pres ion is concerned this is not csscnessential that the particular crating mechanism illuscoiorc used be employed, as no means "which will g1 re the shut- :1 rcciprocatory increment in l inreads ma rcnce part iilarly to 1, 2 and 1c with relation to the clecussation shuttle," is located a the center of the lathe and is nrovided with oppositely projecting sockets H for the ends of the shuttles. The Slltll'tlg l are each provided With hooks 2' with which pivoted latches ll in the sockets are adapted to cooperate. The proximate nds of the latches ere pressed resrwardly by a spring actuated plnngc' l? and are adapted to bereleased or moved in the op posite direction by e wring retracted plun- Theplung slides in a bearing in the lathe and projects some distance in rear thereof. or into a position where when the lathe is swung; rearwardly, it \ill contact with t e no end 72/ of a bell crank le- "1mg -tor- .ts opposite cam H on the me contact no :stahl 0 lo Q ' arc then lunch s n 5 t 7) is provided "with socket l J at l its forward end a d witl.

2i pivoted catc 1 i adapted to coopc no Wlul and retain tie in the end or the carrier. 'l.hc

ill are opera o by oi git-nchnally within the their outer ends proi nornially tending to their closed or locl-red e outer ends of the rods are further pronccd with adjustable stops or be seer. that me lined holder for the nntsm ri h each of which one arm of o hell crank 1*4 adapted to engage, said bell crank lev rs bemopivot ally mounted, on the I outer face whereby the upper end of the bell 11.

:' 1 tion. The mechanism for accoinplish this in accordance with the present ii" it tion is exceedingly simple, the cams being slidably mounted on the under-face of the lathe frame by bolts 0 passing throu l SlOJS in the inwardly extending bases of iwaid cam bases are adjnstnbly connected by lock nuts 0 with rods 0 extending" toward the center of the lathe frame and at the in ner ends pivotelly connected with hell crank levers -0 jonrneled in brackets and adapted, when their horizontally projectin arms are depressed to draw the cams inwardly against the tension oi"? springs P and. thereby remove said cams trointhe paths of the bell crank levers N. The horizontally projecting arms of the bell crank levers are preferably provided With entrfriction rollers 0 and the latter, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 are located at substantially the center 9 of the lathe and in position to contact with the under faces oi inclines WllGl'iQWi}? the lathe is swung rearwardly and the said in clines are advanced, as will he now described. 1

The inclines Q. Figs. 2 and 4', are preterahly formed by the under faces of a head. on a block Q adjustahly moun ed on a slid inn rod Q The rod Q? slides in bearing-s held at one end 01'? the rod hy the fixed sheit and by the frame A at the opposite end 'z'l spring: serves to force the rod inwa dly or toward the rear and the rear end o rod is provided with or nnthtriction roller 1 adapted to cooperate with an adjustable cam ll mmintcd on the shaft (1 Cor (we ienl'ly the cams l: and R lllll he ad nst ably mounted on opposite sides a. i ll on said shal-"t and said cams are so positioned with relation to each other nor end of the rod or slide in engga ment with the cam ll, with the result t the slmttles are released fror'i the ccntr" fixed holder at the same time that they a ci'igag'ed by the latches in the carriers. 'lhe lest mentioned latches are released by the cams (3 only when the bell crank lovers t are not moved to draw the cams inwardly.

To retain the catches in the central holders released iroin' the shuttles during the initial forward movement. of the lathe the cam preferably made with an inclined have automatically engaged the catches in crank lever His caused to follow the movement oat? the. lathe for a short distance, thus givingthc carriers ample time to withdraw the shuttle; from'the holders. The cams O are held in inoperative position a sutticient length of time to allow the shuttle carriers to retreat or move outwardly beyond a osition where it would be possible for the bell c'ank levers N to engage said cams, the period during which they are held being determined by the length of the cam R.

By connecting shafts D and (l by 2 to 1 gearing, it will be seen that the lathe caused to make two oscillations during, each revolution of the shaft (7 and the shuttle carriers are reciprocated in and out during each movement of the lathe. During one movement or excursion of the shuttle carrier the bell crank lever H or movable release stop for the shuttle holder catches is out of operative position and the incline Q also out of its operative position so that the cams O are in position to engage the bell crank levers N to thereby releasethc shuttles from the carriers. This release 00 curs at the moment when the said shuttles the holder;

From the tioregoing, it will be readily understood that during one excursion of the lathe the shuttles are held in the central holders and during the next excurison of the lathe the shuttles are held in the carriers and during each excursion or at such period when the warp threads have been properly decussated the shuttles are transferred from the holder to the carrier or from the carrier to the holder and carried through the shed.

in the particular embodiment of the invention illustrated it will be noted that the shuttle carrier catch release cams are normally held in position to release the carrier catches, but are moved out of their operative position by the cam R on the drive shaft, but the catches ll of the shuttle holders will normally engage the shuttle and retain the same, unless the release stop or hell. crank lever H is advanced to movethem out .of operative position. Through the mechanism described, the two sets of catches are caused to alternate in action; that is to say, the holder catches release the shuttles wlnn the carrier catches engage the same and the carrier catches release the shuttles when the holder catches engage the same,

"thereby etfectinc a positive transfer of the the carriers, and shuttle catches in the carriers and holders, respectively, of releasing devices for said catches embodying cams timed to move into operative position durinn alternate excursions of the lathe, and connections controlled by said came for conmum;- the releasee'of the carrier and holder catches alternateiy.

In a loom for Weaving Wire cloth, the combination with the frame, harness and lathe movable toward and from the harness, of reciprocatory shuttle carriers on the lathe, shuttle holders fixed centrally on the lathe adapted to receive shuttles simultaneously from each carrier, catches for holding the shuttles in the carriers and holders, and means for releasing the carrier catches mounted .on the lathe and carried thereby into-engagement with cooperating members on the frame, means mounted on the lathe and operated by engagement with a member carried on the frame, at alternate reciprocations, for releasing the holding catches simultaneously.

3. In a loom for weavingwire cloth, the combination with the frame, harness and lathe" movable toward and from the harness, of a reciyn-ooatory shuttle carrier on the lathe, a shuttle catch on the inner end of the carrier and releasingmechanism for said catch, embodying a bell crank lever at the outer end of the carrier, a connection be tween said lever and catch, a cam block slidably mounted on the under side of the lathe frame in the path of the bell crank lever, means for operating said cam block comprising anadjustable rod, a bell crank lever centrally located on the lathe, of an incline carried on a rod, a cam on the main drive cooperating therewith to depress the bell crank lever at alternate n'iovements of the lathe frame. i

l. in a loom for weaving: Wire cloth, the combination with the frame, harness and lathe movable to and from the harness, of a reciprocatory shuttle carrier on the lathe, a shuttle catch on the inner end of the carrier and releasing mechanism for said catch embodying a bell crank lever on the outer end of the carrier, a connection between the lever and catch, a cam block slidably mounted on the under side of the lathe frame in the path of the. lever, an adjustable connection between said cam block, and a bell crank lever centrally located on the lathe frame and pivoted thereto, an operating member comprising an incline mounted on a rod and carried into and out of the path of the last. mentioned lever by cooperation with the driving mechanism.

5. In a loom for Weaving wire eloth,the combination with the frame, harness and lathe movable toward and from the bar ness, of a reciprocatory shuttle carrier on the lathe, a catch therefor, a shuttle holder Jposiiely fixed 0 said said

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